A New Tradition: Multi-Generational Bat Mitzvah Cruises
Travel planning veteran Ellen Paderson never had a bat mitzvah. They werent common for Jewish girls turning 13 in the 1960s.
Now Paderson of Easton, Mass., is thinking of celebrating that missing milestone along with her 30 year-old daughter Kim, who didn’t have a bat mitzvah of her own either. “And maybe my mom would come along to make it a three-generation event,” she smiles. “This was a missing part of my life, and others tell me they feel the same way. There’s a need and it fits what I do.”
Paderson, who operates Bar / Bat Mitzvah Vacations, Inc., a division of
